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I on in year 11 at school, and ver in england this is te 2nd year of GCSE(big exams) and the year you actually sit the exams in,i was jsut about coping with all the coursework ect i need to do but finding it hard at timeswhen i got loads at once.
However a big spanner has been thrown in the works, i ahve been diagnosed with cancer.I will be in hospital quite a bit and of course the cancer and treatment ect will make me stressed, this on top of the strees of schoolwork will no be good. The hospital have sujested i only do a few of my GCSE's, of course english maths science and a few of my choice, But i am predicted high grades in all of my subject and want to drop anyof them.I can do them all but will be a greatdel of stress involved and may affect my marks what should i do? Thanks Phillippa Posted on 10/10/07, 03:10 pm |
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this is a difficult decision which unfortunately only you can make.
i can, however, tell you that it may be a good idea to ask your mum to speak to the school about special considerations. all you will need is a letter from your oncologist to explain about your diagnosis and side effects. this letter will be sent to your exams board and will be taken into account when then mark your exam papers. this means that you may be able to get extra time during the exam, or have the exam at home or in the hospital, and you may get extra marks to make up for the ones you lose due to the circumstances. hope this helps take care 
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You sound like a hard-worker, which can make a lot of difference. My first inclination is to tell you not to worry and stick with your courseload, but I think in reality it totally depends on your diagnosis. I went to school full-time, heavy courseload (school from 7:35-3:00, lots of hw, 6-7 hrs of sleep) for 9th and 10th grade (14 and 15yrs old in US) on chemo, but it was the maintenance phase for ALL. I see that you have AML from your profile and I suspect you're on harder stuff than I was on. Plus, it depends on how often your doctors need to talk to you. I can tell you that the things that I found the most difficult were a) the time taken up by doctor's appointments that would bite into homework time and b) taking steroids for 5 days a month, cuz by the end of the 5 days I wasn't super-functional. Try checking out grouploop.org for more advice. It's, to my knowledge, the biggest forum site for cancer teens, and going back to school is always a major topic of discussion, in terms of social implications as well as workload. Good luck with whichever choice you make. I believe in you :)
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I know what you mean. I am in year 11 now. I am so nervous, because I think I have cancer, but am SO scared of telling anyone. I don't know what I should do.
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Now the cancer is worse and the school work has becoem a "have to" not somethign i do when i want and when i feel liek it.
If you think you have cancer you need 2 go to the doctoers there is many othet hings it could be, as cancer has similar symtomese 2 many things
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